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                       D.      a referral agency to assess the application against, or have regard to,
                       matters prescribed by regulation under section 55(2), other than matters the
                       referral agency must have assessed the application against, or have had regard
                       to, when the application was made; or
                       E.      public notification if public notification was not required for the
                       development application; or

        b.     for a development approval—

          i.    would not result in substantially different development; and

         ii.    if a development application for the development, including the change, were
                made when the change application is made would not cause—

                   A. the inclusion of prohibited development in the application; or

                   B. referral to a referral agency, other than to the chief executive, if there were
                       no referral agencies for the development application; or

                   C. referral to extra referral agencies, other than to the chief executive; or

                   D. a referral agency to assess the application against, or have regard to,
                       matters prescribed by regulation under section 55(2), other than matters
                       the referral agency must have assessed the application against, or have
                       had regard to, when the application was made; or

                   E. public notification if public notification was not required for the
                       development application.
                                                                                  (Our emphasis in bold)


6.1.1. Substantially Different Development
In respect to part (b)(i) of the definition of Minor Change and what constitutes a substantially different
development, it is appropriate to have regard to the Development Assessment Rules, Schedule 1,
which sets out the substantially different development ‘test’. An assessment of the proposed changes
against the substantially different development criteria in the Development Assessment Rules is
included in the table below.
Table 1 – Response to Substantially Different Development Guideline Criteria

 Guideline Criteria                                    Response

 Involves a new use.                                   The proposed minor change does not involve a
                                                       new use.

 Results in the application applying to a new          The proposed change does not involve a new
 parcel of land.                                       parcel of land.




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